Hope ya enjoy :) for some reason this chapter was harder to write than I thought it would be. Hope it didn't turn out as bad as I think.
Disclaimer: I do not own X-Men or anything like that. But hey, I can still think I do.
Joseph walked up the steps to the X-Mansion's yard. He looked up at the brown brick building that was finished. He remembered when only the beams of the building had were showing when he first arrived at the mansion. 'Now I got to get out of here before they find out anything or this place explodes.' He thought to himself.
He heard a footstep behind him and turned to see a tall man with a shredded cape and two piercing red eyes glaring at him. "Who are you?" Joseph asked a bit startled. At first he thought it was Gambit, but the man was too tall to be him.
"That is none of your concern." Sinister answered him. After hearing the strangers voice, he wanted to get as far away from the mansion as possible. The man's voice creeped him out.
He noticed the silver faced man staring at him which only made him even more uncomfortable. He glared at the man back at him. "What?" He growled.
"I had thought I was the only one who knew how to create clones." Sinister stated as he observed Joseph's features. "Except there must have been an error in the genetics when someone created you." He sneered.
Joseph's eyes opened wide and started walking backwards. "How do you know that?" He asked, his voice shaky.
"You truely have no intelligence, do you? As I said before, I've created clones. I can tell the difference between a real and nonreal living being." Sinister answered in an annoyed voice. "I am guessing from your features, you were created to be the clone of Magneto?" He asked.
Joseph shook his head. 'Crap.' He thought to himself. He heard footsteps coming up behind him. He turned to see Scott, Warren, Betsy, and Kurt walking towards him. Their attention seemed to be on Sinister and nothing else. Joseph slowly made his way to the shadows and disappeared.
"What are YOU doing here?" Scott growled and readidly himself incase he had to move fast and blast the fiend in front of him.
"Tsk tsk, no manners what so ever. I would have thought your parents would have taught you some before they died." Sinister said. Scott's hand clenched into a fist. Warren noticed this and moved his friend aside before he did something.
"Vhy are you here, Herr?" Kurt asked him in a politer manner.
"I've come to give you and your pitiful group information on En Sabah Nur." Sinister told the small group.
"Who's that?" Betsy asked. She had one of her purple psychic knives out on her left hand. She had never met Mister Sinister, but from what the team had told her and Warren, he could not be trusted.
"That is Apocalypse's real name, my dear. I know far more about him than what you know and I want him gone." Sinister stated as his red eyes flashed.
"Fine." Scott muttered and walked up to Sinister. "You will tell us the information we need to know and then get out." He growled.
Sinister smirked down at the brown haired man in amusement. "Of course."
War Room
John and Pietro eyed Mystique from her seat. She looked back at them in an annoyed look and turned her attention to Rogue, who was talking to Bobby.
"Like John said, as soon as we get them back, all of us are going on a huge vacation from here. Maybe invite Scott and Jean since they've had a sucky time also." Bobby told Rogue.
"Yeah, that sounds great." Rogue gave a weak smile. It would soon be a week since she lost Remy and told him she wanted to end their relationship. She never regretted saying something as much as she did then. She loved him and didn't know that Joseph was faking it the whole time.
"Why can't we just leave now and get the Grey woman and beat the shit out of this Apocalypse guy and go home?" X-23 growled and unsheathed a claw to twirled it around on the table.
"Because they want to make us wait." John replied to her.
"They wanna make sure it will go alright and that no one will get hurt." Rogue said and looked at John.
"They-want-to-make-us-sit-here-while-my-sister-is-suffering." Pietro muttered and got a nasty look from X-23. "Fine. I'll talk normal for now." He grumbled and folded his arms over his chest.
Mystique raised an eyebrow at him. "Don't you mean both your sisters?" She asked him.
"No, you bitch. I only have one sister! Wanda! I did have a sister named Anya, but she died. So that leaves only one sister!" Pietro growled at her, trying his best to keep his voice at the normal level.
"Really? So your father never told you about your other sister?" She smirked at him.
"What the fuck does it sound like. Hell no." Pietro snapped at her.
"I remember hearing that after your mother died, your father got together for a one night stand with a woman and ended up having a child. It was a baby girl that was born with green hair." Mystique stated and was amused by Pietro, John, Rogue, and Bobby's expression.
"Lorna is his sister?" Bobby almost choked when he heard.
"Yes, Lorna Dane." Mystique said as Pietro sat back in his chair in shock.
"I can't believe this." Pietro leaned his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands. X-23 got out of her chair to help him. She knew he might have a break down after learning he had another sister. Not to mention, she had been taken as well.
"Don't worry, we'll get her back and ya'll be able ta get ta know her." Rogue tried to assure Pietro.
"Yeah. If you want, I know some things about her I can tell you. Except for the really personal stuff, that stays hidden with me." Bobby told his friend. Their attention was turned to Mystique who was chuckling to herself.
"What are you laughing about?" X-23 growled as she looked at Mystique.
"I find it funny that none of you were able to realize this. Haven't you had check ups with blood samples? That would have shown it. Or even with her powers, they are practically the same as Magneto. Isn't it odd being in the same room as someone who is related to you and you didn't know it all along." She asked while looking at Rogue.
"You bitch." Rogue muttered and glared at Mystique. The others looked confused, looking back and forth between the two women.
"I thought I had raised you better than this. Don't ever speak to your mother like that." Mystique said. Rogue looked at the others who looked in shock. She didn't know what to do. She didn't want anyone to find out and they just did. Rogue flew out of the room before anyone could say anything.
"You really are a bitch." John muttered and glared at Mystique, who didn't seem to care. John and Bobby left to find Rogue and confront her about the new information. X-23 stayed behind to comfort Pietro, but kept an eye on Mystique. She swore if the blue woman said one more word, she was going to gut her.
Chandler, Arizona
The phone continued to ring in the small apartment. The lights were turned off and no one made a move to answer the phone. Finally, the answering machine picked up. "Dani? This is Anna, I was wondering if you were there. I guess not. Well, I am worried about you. You haven't showed up at work and no one has heard from you. If you get this message, please call me back." A clicking noise was heard and the person hung up.
Dani Moonstar sat on her couch. She had heard the message, but refused to answer it. People had knocked on the door to her apartment many times and she would not answer. Sooner or later her friends would find out she is a mutant and begin blaming her for what is happening to the world.
She had turned the TV on earlier and it showed a group called 'The Friends of Humanity' attacking mutants. She didn't want the same thing to happen to her. However, she knew she could escape if they turned, but she didn't want it to come down to that. "What am I going to do?" She whispered to herself.
"I can make a suggestion to you." Stryfe appeared in the room, startling Dani.
"Who are you?" Moonstar demanded and shot to her feet. She glared at the man and tried to send an image of his worst nightmare into his head, but it didn't work.
Stryfe chuckled and tapped his head. "Doesn't work against someone with mental shield." He stated and began to approach her.
"What do you want?" She glared at him.
"I come with a message from my master, Apocalypse." Stryfe said. "He said he wants you to join his team, which I strongly suggest you take. He can help you with your powers and protect you from all the mutant haters that want us dead."
"He's the one that created this whole mess?" Dani asked him while continuing to glare at him.
"He is only purging the world of the weak. He wants the weakest humans gone and those that carry an X gene may live if they are strong enough to survive." Stryfe told her.
"That's sick." Moonstar looked at him with disgust and moved away.
"It is their own fault if they die." Stryfe assured her, but it didn't look like he was going to persuade her to come willingly. "I will ask you again, are you going to come?" He asked.
"I will never join him." Dani said determinedly. Stryfe sighed and shook his head.
"I am sorry if it sounded like I was giving you a choice. When Apocalypse requests for someone, he does not care if you want to or not." Stryfe used his telekinesis to hold her in place so she could not run off. "You will be coming with me, my dear." He growled. Dani's eyes glanced towards the back door and looked up.
A hawk flew through the window and landed on Stryfe's head. "What the hell." He growled and swatted the bird away. It screeched at him and tried to attack, but he threw the bird against the wall and it fell unconscious to the ground. "Now where were we?" He turned around to find Dani gone. He clenched his fists and ran to the open window and looked around.
"This can't hide you." He said and lifted his hand and removed the trees in the way. He could feel a person's presence. Stryfe waited until he had a lock on the person and then used his telekinesis to lift her into the air.
Dani had been able to escape through the window and started running, until she was lifted off her feet. "You are only making it harder on yourself." Stryfe snarled before the two of them disappeared.
Washington D.C
Three men entered the small room. The only thing that was in it was a long meeting table with twelve chairs, a screen at the front, and a small couch to the side. "I am so glad you agreed to see me." Larry Trask said to the two other men, Joseph MacTaggert and Graydon Creed.
"It is my pleasure to help you get rid of mutants. I don't understand why the president still hasn't decided on getting rid of them. They are destroying the world for Christ sakes." Creed stated with an annoyed voice.
"I left some papers for him to look over." MacTaggert told them as they closed the door behind them and walked to the front of the room.
"Isn't Mr. Hodge supposed to meet us?" Larry asked them. MacTaggert looked annoyed at Larry.
"Mr. Hodge will not be joining us. He serves a different purpose. He claims to have created a virus off of some mutant. It is supposed to capture mutants and bring them under people's control." Creed sneered. "We don't want them alive at all, something he does not understand."
"I am sorry to hear that." Larry said and grabbed a remote on the table and started pushing buttons.
"By the way, we are sorry to hear about your father. He was a brilliant man." MacTaggert told him. Larry sighed and nodded.
"I miss him. He was killed by mutants just because he wanted to make the world a better place." He said. "They found his body slashed up. When they did DNA tests from the hairs on his body, it was from a mutant named Sabertooth. They found his friend, Henry Gyrich, behind a garbage can. They said he looked terrified of whatever it was that killed him. Most likely was a mutant." Larry glared down at the remote. The mutants are going to pay for what they did." He vowed.
"What do you have to show us?" Creed asked. He had other things to do and didn't want to waste his time talking.
"Yes, here." Larry pressed the center button on the remote and the screen flashed to a lab with people working around an exam table in the center. A white sheet was pulled over a body. The screen flashed again to show a man with yellow hair and wires sticking out of him. His eyes were closed and looked like he wasn't breathing.
"What is that?" MacTaggert asked.
"My father had created the Sentinels and had one that was more powerful than the others. He called it Mastermold. This is my own version of Mastermold, except his name is Bastion." Trask smiled as on cue, Bastion's eyes opened and revealed two yellow cyborg eyes.
"Interesting." Creed mused as he got a better look at Bastion.
"He is programmed to protect humanity and to rid the world of mutant kind once and for all. Every Sentinel that is being built has a chip that connect it with him. All the Sentinels are under his control and he is under mine." Trask stated.
"Excellent, this is exactly what we need to get rid of mutants." MacTaggert smirked.
"Isn't your son a mutant?" Creed asked him. MacTaggert glared at him as if he insulted him.
"Unfortunately, my whore of a wife ended up giving birth to a mutant." He snarled.
"Are you sure you want to continue on with this?" Trask asked MacTaggert. "Once I've set up Bastion, he will hunt down and destroy all mutants with the Sentinels."
"Of course I want this done. The little bastard means nothing to me." MacTaggert yelled at the younger man, who looked a bit frightened from the older man's rage.
"Alright. Operation Tolerance Zero will begin in a few days gentlemen."
Apocalypse's Tower
The Phoenix's yellow eyes snapped open and she instantly sat up. The last thing she remembered was fighting against a girl with glowing blue hands and black eyes. She looked around to find herself in a dark chamber with torches hanging from the wall.
She stood up and looked around to find a door to her right. 'Whoever did this is going to pay.' She thought as she floated towards the door.
The Phoenix opened it to find a large mutant talking to a dark blue furred mutant. "Yes, it will be done soon. As soon as Stryfe brings the rest, we can start." Dark Beast told Apocalypse.
"Excellent." Apocalypse smiled and folded his hands behind his back. He turned towards the open door and looked at his guest. "Welcome, Phoenix." He said and started walking towards her.
Flames surrounded the Phoenix as she glared at the person responsible distracting her from her mission. "Who dares to cross the Phoenix." She growled.
"I am far older than you are." Apocalypse approached her, not afraid of her like everyone else she had come across. "I've heard recent stories about you and I am impressed."
"I do not care if I impress you." She told Apocalypse and sent a flame at him, but it vaporized before it ever hit him.
"You can not hurt me." He stated and brought his hands forward. "I simply ask for you to join me and my cause."
"The Phoenix works for no one. I do as I wish." She snarled at him.
"Like you did with those people you helped? You protected them and they treated you lower than dirt. You have a right to be mad at this world. But I also know you crave to have people bow to you again like they once did at the beginning." Apocalypse smile grew when he saw the Phoenix look a bit more interested.
"Go on." She said. She glanced over to the side of the room to see four individuals standing like statues with black eyes and glowing symbols on their foreheads. She recognized Plague from when she fought the horseman. The others she did not recognize, but Jean did.
'Oh god, Logan. I am so sorry.' Jean said in her mind as she looked her friend she thought had been killed. She looked at the other three she knew as Polaris, Gambit, and Scarlet Witch and began to wonder how the X-Men would be able to stop them. She had never felt this weak or helpless before. Jean had been fighting the Phoenix to regain control, but the spirit grew angry and shut her out. She could only look out of her body and see the Phoenix making a deal with Apocalypse.
"I will ask only this of you. Will you join me?" Apocalypse asked and extended his hand to the Phoenix. "And before you object, you will not be below me. You will be beside me ruling this world. Purging it of the weak. Everyone will be bowing at your feet." He stated. "But most importantly, it will be impossible for you to be trapped in the cursed lake again."
An evil smirk spread across the Phoenix's face as she stretched her hand out and took Apocalypse's. "I accept."
End of Chapter 12
Special Thanks to: Loneraven, Chica De Los Ojos Café, BlkDiamond, Roguechere, firestorm13, gatermage, CW, and AngelofMercy86. Thank you guys so much for reviewing the last chapter.
Next Chapter: I can't take it anymore, this is the longest I've gone without writing my favorite couples in a fic. So next chapter is an all memories chapter. Meaning: MAJOR ROMY, JOTT, JONDA, LICE, KIOTR, AND JUNO! I think the chapter will be called Christmas Memories. I am in the season. And this story really needs some happiness in it.